Black Fact =(1883) Jan E. Matzeliger

Black Fact = 1883 (March 20)- Jan E. Matzeliger invented the first machine to manufacture an entire shoe on this date in 1883. The machine sewed the sole of the shoe to the top-lasting, decreasing the production time and costs. Patent # 274,207.

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Black Fact: (1987) Bayard Rustin

Black Fact = 1987 – (August 24) – Bayard Rustin, prominent activist who directed the March on Washington (1963), died in New York City on ...